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October 28, 1950
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Leafs, Bruins Ice Youngest Clubs As Rangers Put Oldest On Skates Habs Third In Age, Wings Fourth
MONTREAL, Que.— Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins have the youngest teams in the National Hockey League this season. The Leafs, known for their youthful clubs the past few years, have an over-all team average among the 19 players on their roster of 24.9 years. Average age of the 18 players on the 1950-51 edition of the Boston Bruins is an even 25 years. Montreal Canadiens, oldest team in the League last season, have youthfulized their club considerably this season, and are now the third youngest sextet in the circuit. Average age of the 18 wearers of the blue-blanc-rouge is 25.7 years. Detroit Red Wings are the next youngest team in the League. The 19 players on the roster of the Stanley Cup champions average 25.8 years per player. Chicago and New York,…
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Bruins Honored During a pre-game ceremony league president Clarence Campbell presented the Calder Trophy to goalie Jack Gelineau as the circuit’s outstanding rookie of 1949-50 and the Charles F. Adams memorial award to veteran Milt Schmidt, the Bruins’ captain, who was ranked as his team’s most valuable player last season by the Boston funs. High Scorer Toronto Maple Leafs are the highest scoring club in the league, racking up 12 of their 17 points in the last three games, helped along by goalie Turk Broda’s pair of shutouts. In addition Toronto’s Tod Sloan leads the league scoring xrith seven points. HOW THE RACE GOES RESULTS OF GAMES Oct. 18 — Toronto 2, Boston 0 Oct. 19 — Rangers 0, Canadiens 4 Oct. 19 — Detroit at Chicago postponed Oct. 21 — Detroit 0. Canadiens 2 Oct. 21 — Rangers 0,…
Goldsworthy Sees Hershey And Springfield As Main Opposition For His Bisons
BUFFALO. N.Y..— LeRoy (Goldy) Goldsworthy, affable coach of the Buffalo Bisons, believes that his charges have a “good chance” of retaining their Eastern Division Championship in the American Hockey League. While the 1950-51 campaign is still in its infancy, Goldsworthy is most optimistic. “Our team work is ahead of last year at the same stage of the race,” he began. “Of course, we’ll have to wait until we get into action against more of the clubs before a true line can be gathered on our strength—or lack of it.” Goldsworthy, starting his third full season as Buffalo bench boss, looks for Springfield and Hershey to supply most of the opposition for his sextet in the divisional battle. Bears may be club “I think it will be quite a battle,” Goldsworthy stated. Springfield is off to a…
SCRIBES GET A LAP FULL
As the result of a further change in the method of selecting the National Hockey League All-Stars, that task goes back to the sports writers and sportscasters about the big pro wheel after a four-year absence. The Coaches of the six League clubs have been doing the picking since the 1946-47 season, but now the problem is being tossed squarely back into the laps of the press box experts. Thus, the onus is being placed on the critics to name the team they figure packs the best punch and the best defensive parley in the circuit. By this action, everybody should be made happy. The writers, or some of them at least, have been quite critical of the coaches’ choices, while the mentors themselves haven’t been overjoyed over the necessity of putting…
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